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Exclusive Video Interview: Writer and Executive Producer Naomi de Pear on Prime Video’s ‘The Power’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Prime Video’s new series The Power looks at what happens when women all over the world gain unexplained abilities that help them take back a bit of what others have traditionally held from them. It’s a globe-spanning, insightful look at what it truly means…

TV Review – ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Takes a Last Memorable Bow with a Strong Final Season

Placing a fictional character within the context of established history can be a challenging sell, especially when it’s necessary to wrap that story up in a neat and satisfying way. But, throughout its first four seasons, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has always succeeded at infusing real-like figures like John F. Kennedy and Lenny Bruce (Luke…

TV Review: Toni Collette’s The Power is a Passionate, Intense Sci-fi-driven Television Drama Series That Celebrates Women’s Authority

Captivatingly intertwining the intimate nature of characters’ personal and professional agendas with the sweeping, radical national political movements that are intricately chronicled in books for television can at times be an arduous task. But Prime Video‘s new sci-fi show, The Power, offers an effortless, freeing examination into how the world would change if girls and…

TV Review – Prime Video’s ‘Daisy Jones and the Six’ is an Engaging Musical Trip Back in Time

Every band goes through growing pains, and the ones that get very big typically experience some sort of monumental event that threatens their very existence. Members may go on to have solo careers after early departures from the group, and the appeal of a reunion can be irresistible for fans, even if those who actually…

TV Review – Prime Video’s ‘The Consultant’ is a Workplace Thriller That Doesn’t Pass Its Performance Review

Everyone has had a bad boss, and that comes with its own set of challenges since being perceived and treated negatively doesn’t necessarily translate to poor performance. An even trickier situation is the introduction of new management, where a long-established rapport and proven track record with a supervisor who has been replaced may be instantly…

Sundance Film Festival Review: Gael García Bernal Gives an Inspirational Performance as Libre Wrestler Saúl Armendáriz in Affectionate Biopic Cassandro

Courageously shifting into the next professional and personal stages of their lives can offer a liberating freedom for creatives who are eager to attain satisfying fulfillment. That’s certainly the case with filmmaker Roger Ross Williams and Mexican lucha libre wrestler Saúl Armendáriz, who performs under the ring name Cassandro. Williams, who’s an Oscar-winning documentarian, made…

Shotgun Wedding: Press Conference with Actress-Producer Jennifer Lopez, Actors Josh Duhamel and Lenny Kravitz, and Actress Jennifer Coolidge

Despite the meticulous planning that people put into their seemingly well thought-out plan, they often come up with their best decisions spontaneously when they unexpectedly find themselves in chaotic situations. That’s certainly the case for the cast, crew and characters of Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel’s upcoming action romantic comedy, Shotgun Wedding, as nothing could…

Shotgun Wedding: Exclusive Interview with Director Jason Moore and Actor Cheech Marin

Despite the meticulous planning that people put into their seemingly well thought-out plan, they often come up with their best decisions spontaneously when they unexpectedly find themselves in chaotic situations. That’s certainly the case for the cast, crew and characters of Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel’s upcoming action romantic comedy, Shogun Wedding, as nothing could…

TV Review – Prime Video’s ‘Hunters’ Goes Out with an Emotional and Expectedly Violent Bang

Hunters, a fictional series from executive producer Jordan Peele about a group of Nazi hunters operating in New York City in the 1970s, debuted its first season on Prime Video just before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. A season two renewal took months, and with no news after that for almost two years, it…

Exclusive Video Interview: Filmmaker Daryl Wein on Directing Something from Tiffany’s

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Nothing compares to the magic and excitement of the Christmas season in New York City, where the streets blaze with lights and romance, and a special box from Tiffany can change the course of several people’s lives forever. That’s certainly the case for the…

Film Review – ‘The People We Hate at the Wedding’ is a Light but Enjoyable Dysfunctional Family Comedy

Life cycle events often bring people who wouldn’t otherwise see each other together, and that’s not always a good thing. Funerals and other mournful occasions may lead to the surmounting of previously problematic divisions, and they can also signify a complete and permanent separation since any relationship is no longer necessary with the passing of…